Before Clemson’s Deshaun Watson stuck one final imaginary arrow in his bow, the signature celebration in a remarkable college career that ended with the last-second victory over Alabama, I looked up at the scoreboard and then looked around at the record 74,512 fans in attendance at Raymond James Stadium in Tampa. “I did it,” I …
Read MoreBy Tyler Fenwick | @Ty_Fenwick Sports Capital Journalism Program TAMPA, Fla. — And they say sequels aren’t as good. The 2017 College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&T will be remembered as the game Deshaun Watson and the Clemson Tigers got back at the Alabama Crimson Tide for beating them in the same game …
Read MoreBy Michael Whitlow | @couldbelikemike Sports Capital Journalism Program TAMPA, Fla. — 106-6. That was Alabama’s record under Nick Saban before Monday night’s College Football Playoff National Championship Game Presented by AT&T with a lead at halftime.
Read MoreThe stories usually had to do with work. Of course they did. For Steve Ellis seemed to be in a perpetual state of work. He documented the dramatic rise of the Florida State Seminoles for the Tallahassee Democrat, not just with distinction, but with a relentless attention to detail that was rarely seen in the …
Read MoreSports Capital Journalism Program Staff TAMPA, Fla. – Jason Kersey, a reporter for the website SEC Country, was awarded the Steve Ellis/Football Writers Association of America Beat Writer of the Year award at the organization’s annual breakfast on Monday. Kersey was recognized for his work at The Oklahoman in 2015.
Read MoreBy Michael Whitlow | @couldbelikemike Sports Capital Journalism Program TAMPA, Fla. — Controversy dominated the discussion prior to the third edition of the College Football Playoff. Despite not winning a conference championship – or even qualifying for the Big Ten championship game — Ohio State was one of the four representatives selected to play for …
Read MoreBy Tyler Fenwick & Michael Whitlow | @Ty_Fenwick & @couldbelikemike TAMPA, Fla. – When the Alabama Crimson Tide and Clemson Tigers meet Monday night in the College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&T, the teams will create a rare matchup in the history of college football. For the second consecutive season, the two top-ranked …
Read MoreBy Tyler Fenwick | @Ty_Fenwick Sports Capital Journalism Program TAMPA, Fla. — When Clemson desperately needed its defense to get a stop in the fourth quarter of last year’s College Football Playoff National Championship Presented by AT&T, the Tigers couldn’t do it.
Read MoreBy Michael Whitlow | @couldbelikemike Sports Capital Journalism Program TAMPA, Fla. — Last year’s meeting between Alabama and Clemson in the College Football Playoff National Championship Game Presented by AT&T was seen through different lenses by Alabama quarterback Jalen Hurts and new offensive coordinator Steve Sarkisian.
Read MoreBy Tyler Fenwick | @Ty_Fenwick Sports Capital Journalism Program TAMPA, Fla. — When Mike MacIntyre was 19 years old, his father George, the head coach at Vanderbilt University, told him to go with him to the locker room. “Hey Mike! Come here really quick,” he remembered hearing his father say.
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